Originally Posted By Lisann22 Ah the age of thirteen. So much was happening to each of us during that time period. Click on the year you were 13. You can cut and paste the facts if you want but I'm really looking for your stories about what was happening to YOU and the world around you during that time period. Anything and everything from your favorite songs at that time, what books you were into, your biggest crush, etc. Please tell us something, JUST DON'T CUT AND PASTE THE FACTS OF THAT YEAR. Thank you. ;> <a href="http://www.historycentral.com/20th/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.historycentral.com/ 20th/index.html</a> ---------------------------------------- Major Events of 1976 - when Lisann22 was 13! ;> Major World Events: =================== Raid on Entebee Apple II Introduced ***I believe at that time computers were still those HUGE machines that were in underground buildings and took up 3 square miles. LOL! Sports: ------- World Series: Cincinnati Reds vs. New York Yankees Series: 4-0 ***It seems like World Series today have none of the drama and superstars that they did in the 70's. Between the Reds, Yankees, A's & Red Sox it was SO intense! Popular Songs: -------------- 1. "Saturday Night" ... Bay City Rollers 2. "Canvoy" ... C.W. McCall 3. "I Write the Songs" ... Barry Manilow 4. "Theme from 'Mahogany'" ... Diana Ross 5. "Love Rollercoaster" ... Ohio Players 6. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" ... Paul Simon 7. "Theme from 'S.W.A.T.'" ... Rhythm Heritage 8. "Love Machine Pt. 1" ... The Miracles 9. "December, 1963" ... The Four Seasons 10. "Disco Lady" ... Johnnie Taylor ***OMG - dance dance dance dance dance that was my life at 13. Get up in the morning turn on radio and dance while brushing my teeth. Beg the teacher to let us play our 45's at recess and lunch so we could dance dance dance at school. Come home rush to do my chores so I could turn on our stereo, which by the way was the BOMB as my dad was REALLY into music. We had 5, yes 5 what seems like 4' x 4' speakers HANGING from the beams in our living room. We would blast the stereo until we were so sweaty just dance dance dance dancing! This was also about the time that Sweet Thing by Chaka Khan came out and I was convinced I was going to be an International Singing Superstar. I would tape record me singing Sweet Thing over and over again. LOL! Lucky for you all, I'm not! Popular Movies: --------------- 1. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - saw at drive in. 2. All the President's Men - saw at drive in. 3. The Omen 4. The Bad News Bears - saw with all my cousin at the movie theatre. We thought Mr. Boilermaker was my dad. LOL 5. Silent Movie 6. Midway 7. Dog Day Afternoon - Attica Attica Attica mofo - wow I was mesmerized! 8. Murder by Death 9. Jaws (reissue) - not again, please not again, I want to water ski without fear even thought it's a lake stupid and not the ocean. 10. Blazing Saddles (reissue) - LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! Academy Awards: --------------- Best Picture: "Rocky" Best Director: John G. Avildsen ... "Rocky" Best Actor: Jack Nicholson ... Peter Finch ... "Network" Best Actress: Faye Dunaway ... "Network" ***I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore. Whoa! Wow! Heavy! Grammy Awards Record of the Year:"This Masquerade" ... George Benson Best Song: "I Write the Songs" ... Bruce Johnson Best Album: "Songs in the Key of Life" ... Stevie Wonder Male Vocalist: Paul Simon ...Stevie Wonder ... "Songs in the Key of Life" Female Vocalist: Linda Ronstadt ... "Hasten Down the Wind" ***Yep! It was all about Stevie Wonder back then. Most Popular Books ------------------ Fiction: 1. "Trinity" by Leon Uris 2. "Sleeping Murder" by Agatha Christie 3. "Dolores" by Jacqueline Susann 4. "The Deep" by Peter Benchley 5. "1876" by Gore Vidal Nonfiction 1. "The Final Days" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 2. "Roots" by Alex Haley 3. "Your Erroneous Zones" by Dr. Wayne Dyer; 4. "Passages" by Gail Sheehy *** I remember my mom reading this book and having major discussions about it with my aunts. They were very intense about it all, then when I was about 16 I checked it out of the library and read it. Wow! My mom was tripping. ;> 5. "Bom Again" by Charles Colson Most Popular Television Shows: ----------------------------- 1. Happy Days (ABC) - yep 2. Laverne & Shirley (ABC) - yep 3. ABC Monday Night Movie (ABC) - not so much 4. M*A*S*H (CBS) - yep 5. Charlie's Angels (ABC) - nope 6. The Big Event (NBC) - nope 7. The Six Million Dollar Man (ABC) - nope 8. ABC Sunday Night Movie (ABC) - nope 9. Baretta (ABC) - yes <sigh> my dad loved this show. 10. One Day at a Time (CBS) - sometimes 1976 was all about the Bicentinnal. Everyone was obsessed with it. Between t-shirts, books, bumper stickers, quarters, it was just mass marketing celebration. I do however have very fond memories of waking up July 4, 1976 and watching with my family all the goings on in NY and other cities celebrating the 4th. All the ships coming into the harbors. It was beautiful and amazing.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Well dang it, my years is jipped...1991 only has News, Sports, Music, and Movies. And the page is a different format. Other ones I clicked around it are normal and complete, grrrr...
Originally Posted By Ursula Major Events of 1981 Pope John Paul II shot twice Assasination attempt on President Reagan First woman elected to the Supreme Court First Space Shuttle flight *It just seemed that people were getting shot, a lot. The previous year, we lost John Lennon. Nuclear war seemed like it was coming down right now, any day. I'm sure the media had something to do with scaring the holy extoplasm out of everyone. I LOVED reading about the Space Shuttle. *I took out sports because, well, I just wasn't into it and have no memories of it all. Except Dodger games, but that was just for the food, not the sport. Popular Music 1."The Tide is High" ... Blondie 2."Celebration" ... Kool and the Gang 3."9 to 5" ... Dolly Parton 4."I Love a Rainy Night" ... Eddie Rabbit 5."Keep on Loving You" ... REO Speedwagon 6."Rapture" ... Blondie 7."Kiss on My List" ... Daryl Hall & John Oates 8."Morning Train" ... Sheena Easton 9."Bette Davis Eyes" ... Kim Carnes 10."Medley: Stars on 45" ... Stars on 45 *I was a Blondie princess. I had the 8-track and I swear I wore it out. I hated Cool and the Gang, but now I like that song. Loved 9 to 5, as well, and I still know the words. Popular Movies 1. Any Which Way You Can 2. Arthur 3. Bustin' Loose 4. Cannonball Run 5. Cheech and Cong's Nice Dream 6. Clash of the Titans 7. Endless Love 8. Excalibur 9. Flash Gordon 10. For Your Eyes Only * Clint Eastwood movies with my dad. How much more "me" can you get? I love the Any Which Way movies. Cannonball Run? Awesome. Was not allowed to see Endless Love. Still haven't seen it, actually. My Aunt Lois took me to see Flash Gordon and I was enthralled. Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "Noble House" by James Clavell 2. "The Hotel New Hampshire" by John Irving 3. "Cujo" by Stephen King 4. "An Indecent Obsession" by Colleen McCullough 5. "Gorky Park" by Martin Cruz Smith CUJO!!! I was a huge Stephen King fan and read everything I could get my hands on. Nonfiction 1. "Beverly Hills Diet" by Judy Mazel 2. "The Lord God Made Them All" by James Herriot 3. " 'Never Say Diet' Book" by Richard Simmons 4. "A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 5. "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan *Cosmos. I read this much later in life. Had no idea when it came out. Richard Simmons!!! We used to dance to his TV show in hopes of getting skinny. The end would always make us cry, because, well, he understood fat people. Most Popular Television Shows 1. Dallas (CBS) 2. 60 Minutes (CBS) 3. The Jeffersons (CBS) 4. Three's Company (ABC) 5. Alice (CBS) 6. The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS) 7. Too Close For Comfort (ABC) 8. ABC Monday Night Movie (ABC) 9. M*A*S*H (CBS) 10. One Day at a Time (CBS) *Dallas. I would BEG my parents to let me stay home on Friday night so I could watch Dallas and skip the stupid High School Football games that dad wnated me to attend. Seriously, I watched all of the shows listed. I never missed on show of Dukes of Hazzard. I thought it was real, that there was a fun town like that with rebel cute boys in fast cars. At 13, yep. Academy Awards Best Picture: "Chariots of Fire" Best Director: Warren Beatty ... " Reds" Best Actor: Henry Fonda ... "On Golden Pond" Best Actress: Katherine Hepburn ... "On Golden Pond" *I was obsessed with the Oscars. It was always a magical night. Those were MOVIE stars. They were winning OSCARS. I would plant myself in front of the TV and just marvel at the stars and the clothes and the tension. But of course I hadn't seen any of those movies listed because I couldn't see them, per mom and dad. Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" ... Kim Carnes Song of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" ... Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon Album of the Year: "Double Fantasy" ... John Lennon & Yoko Ono Male Vocalist: Al Jarreau ... "Breakin' Away" Female Vocalist: Lena Horne ... "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music" * Grammies were less important to me than the Oscars. I remember making funny words to Bette Davis Eyes...like Bette Davis Pies and such. I didn't know who Bette Davis was, but I know that I learned who she was from this song. Nobel Prizes...? No memory Pulitzer Prizes "American Education: The American Experience 1783-1876" *What a great book! Aha, fooled you. NO idea. Tony Awards Best Play: "Amadeus" ... Peter Shaffer Best Musical: "42nd Street" Best Actor in a play: Ian McKellen ... "Amadeus" Best Actress in a play: Jane Lapotaire ... "Piaf" Best Actor in a musical: Kevin Kline ... "The Pirates of Penzance" Best Actress in a musical: Lauren Bacall ... "Woman of the Year" *I can't say what I thought of stage plays then, I know it was evil thoughts and I know it had a lot to do with my aunt being or wanting to be an Opera singer. It just seemed so fake and so not real life. Who breaks into song while talking to someone? NO ONE! Wow, Lauren Bacall...had no idea she was on stage then. So there, that's me!
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<Well dang it, my years is jipped...1991>> Whoa, were the same age. yeah that year sucked.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Apparently it must have since it didn't garner all the categories! lol
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Major Events of 1981 Pope John Paul II shot twice Mitterand elected French premire Martial law in Poland Israel destroys Iraq's nuclear reactor President proposes $180 billion President Reagan fires air traffic controllers Assasination attaempt on President Reagan First woman elected to the Supreme Court First Space Shuttle flight Anwar Sadat Assasinated Sports Highlights NBA: Boston Celtics vs. Houston Rockets Series: 4-2 NCAA Football: Clemson Record: 12-0-0 Heisman Trophy: Marcus Allen, usc, RB points: 1,797 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders vs. Minnesota Northstars Series: 4-1 Super Bowl XV: Oakland Raiders vs. Philadelphia Eagles Score: 27-10 US Open Golf: David Graham Score: 273 Course: Merion GC Location: Ardmore, PA World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. New York Yankees Series: 4-2 Popular Music 1."The Tide is High" ... Blondie 2."Celebration" ... Kool and the Gang 3."9 to 5" ... Dolly Parton 4."I Love a Rainy Night" ... Eddie Rabbit 5."Keep on Loving You" ... REO Speedwagon 6."Rapture" ... Blondie 7."Kiss on My List" ... Daryl Hall & John Oates 8."Morning Train" ... Sheena Easton 9."Bette Davis Eyes" ... Kim Carnes 10."Medley: Stars on 45" ... Stars on 45 Popular Movies 1. Any Which Way You Can 2. Arthur 3. Bustin' Loose 4. Cannonball Run 5. Cheech and Cong's Nice Dream 6. Clash of the Titans 7. Endless Love 8. Excalibur 9. Flash Gordon 10. For Your Eyes Only Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "Noble House" by James Clavell 2. "The Hotel New Hampshire" by John Irving 3. "Cujo" by Stephen King 4. "An Indecent Obsession" by Colleen McCullough 5. "Gorky Park" by Martin Cruz Smith Nonfiction 1. "Beverly Hills Diet" by Judy Mazel 2. "The Lord God Made Them All" by James Herriot 3. " 'Never Say Diet' Book" by Richard Simmons 4. "A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein 5. "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan Most Popular Television Shows 1. Dallas (CBS) 2. 60 Minutes (CBS) 3. The Jeffersons (CBS) 4. Three's Company (ABC) 5. Alice (CBS) 6. The Dukes of Hazzard (CBS) 7. Too Close For Comfort (ABC) 8. ABC Monday Night Movie (ABC) 9. M*A*S*H (CBS) 10. One Day at a Time (CBS) Academy Awards Best Picture: "Chariots of Fire" Best Director: Warren Beatty ... " Reds" Best Actor: Henry Fonda ... "On Golden Pond" Best Actress: Katherine Hepburn ... "On Golden Pond" Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" ... Kim Carnes Song of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes" ... Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon Album of the Year: "Double Fantasy" ... John Lennon & Yoko Ono Male Vocalist: Al Jarreau ... "Breakin' Away" Female Vocalist: Lena Horne ... "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music" Nobel Prizes Chemistry The prize was awarded jointly to: FUKUI, KENICHI, Japan, Kyoto University, Kyoto, b. 1918, d. 1998; and HOFFMANN, ROALD, U.S.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, b. 1937 (in Zloczow, Poland): "for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions" Literature CANETTI, ELIAS, Great Britain, b. 1905 (in Rustschuk, Bulgaria), d. 1994: "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power" Peace OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES Geneva, Switzerland. Physiology or Medicine The prize was awarded one half to: SPERRY, ROGER W., U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1913, d. 1994: "for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres" and the other half jointly to: HUBEL, DAVID H., U.S.A., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, b. 1926 (in Canada); and WIESEL, TORSTEN N., Sweden, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, U.S.A., b. 1924: "for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system" Physics The prize was awarded by one half jointly to: BLOEMBERGEN, NICOLAAS, U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1920 (in the Netherlands); and SCHAWLOW, ARTHUR L., U.S.A., Stanford University, Stanford, CA, b. 1921: "for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy"; and the other half to: SIEGBAHN, KAI M., Sweden, Uppsala University, Uppsala, b. 1918: "for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy" Pulitzer Prizes Drama: Beth Henley ... "Crimes of the Heart" Fiction: John Kennedy Toole ... "A Confederacy of Dunces" History: Lawrence A. Cremin ... "American Education: The American Experience 1783-1876" International Reporting: Shirley Christian ... "Miami Herald" National Reporting: John M. Crewdson ... "New York Times" Public Service: "Charlotte (NC) Observer" Tony Awards Best Play: "Amadeus" ... Peter Shaffer Best Musical: "42nd Street" Best Actor in a play: Ian McKellen ... "Amadeus" Best Actress in a play: Jane Lapotaire ... "Piaf" Best Actor in a musical: Kevin Kline ... "The Pirates of Penzance" Best Actress in a musical: Lauren Bacall ... "Woman of the Year" ---------- 1981 was a big year for me. I moved away in April from Orange County--from all of my lifelong, childhood friends--to the high desert of Southern CA. It was a good but scary move, and a whole new world out here. Funny, when I read the popular songs, they remind me of living either here or there. Rapture & Tide is High, both by Blondie, for some reason remind me of P.E. class in Orange County. ("And you get in your car and you drive real far, And you drive all night and then you see a light, And it comes right down and lands on the ground, And out comes a man from Mars!")... okay, anyway... and Kiss on My List totally reminds me of living in the desert and riding the bus to school with all my new friends. That always seemed to be on the radio when I'd get on the bus. I remember talking to my friend Traci Campbell, who was THE most popular girl in school, very blonde and bubbly and almost Marilyn Monroe-ish, and that song always made me think of her. Funny, 20 years later at our reunion, she was more like Anna Nicole Smith than Marilyn Monroe! LOL Go figure. Anyway, good memories. I loved jr high. Except for not making the cheerleading squad, but we won't go into THAT right now. ;-P
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I probably spent a lot of 1991 glued to my Nintendo playing Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man games, and Wizards & Warriors games, and Galaga, among others.
Originally Posted By DAR Major Events of 1987 Rioting breaks out during Haj Intifada begins Tamil guerillas ambush convoy USS Stark hit by Exocet missiles Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Washington Gorbachev campaigns for Glasnost and Perostroika Libyan troops driven out of Chad India invades Pakistan The Gorbachev/Reagan thing was pretty big but it didn't seem like anything major happened that year. Sports NBA: Los Angeles Lakers vs. Boston Celtics Series: 4-2 NCAA Football: Miami-Fl Record: 12-0-0 Heisman Trophy: Tim Brown, notre dame, WR points: 1,442 Stanley Cup: Edmunton Oilers vs. Philadelphia Flyers Series: 4-3 Super Bowl XXI: New York Giants vs. Denver Broncos Score: 39-20 US Open Golf: Scott Simpson Score: 277 Course: Olympic Club Location: San Francisco, CA World Series: Minnesota Twins vs. St. Louis Cardinals Series: 4-3 I remember the Superbowl and World Series especially that year. Popular Music 1."Open Your Heart" ... Madonna 2."Livin' on a Prayer" ... Bon Jovi 3 ."Jacob's Ladder" ... Huey Lewis and the News 4."Lean on Me" ... Club Nouveau 5."Nothing's Going to Stop Us Now" ... Starship 6."I Knew You Were Waiting" ... Aretha Franklin & George Michael 7."Died in Your Arms" ... Cutting Crew 8."With or Without You" ... U2 9."You Keep Me Hangin' On" ... Kim Wilde 10."Always" ... Atlantic Starr Living On A Prayer and With or Without You, two classics that still hold today. Popular Movies 1. Beverly Hills Cop III 2. Dirty Dancing 3. Dragnet 4. Fatal Attraction 5. Full Metal Jacket 6. La Bamba 7. Lethal Weapon 8. The Living Daylights 9. A Nightmare on Elm Street 10. Outrageous Fortune Actually Beverly Hills Cop II was released that year. I thought Lethal Weapon was more popular. Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "The Cardinal" of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy 2. "The Sands of Time" by Sidney Sheldon 3. "Zoya" by Danielle Steel 4. "The Icarus Agenda" by Robert Ludlum 5. "Alaska" by James Michener No suprises here, never read anything by these authors though. Nonfiction 1. "The Eight-Week Cholesterol Diet" by Robert Kowalski 2. "Talking Straight" by Lee Iacocca 3. "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking 4. "Trump" by Donald Trump 5. "Gracie: A Love Story" by George Burns Wow A Brief History of Time is that old. And Trump what more needs to be said. Most Popular Television Shows 1. The Cosby Show (NBC) 2. Roseanne (ABC) 3. A Different World (NBC) 4. Cheers (NBC) 5. 60 Minutes (CBS) 6. The Golden Girls (NBC) 7. Who's the Boss? ( ABC) 8. Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 9. Empty Nest (NBC) 10. Anything But Love (ABC) The Cosby Show and Cheers two of the best sitcoms ever. Nobel Prizes Chemistry The prize was awarded jointly to: CRAM, DONALD J., U.S.A., University of California, Los Angeles, CA, b. 1919; LEHN, JEAN-MARIE, France, University Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, and Collage de France, Paris, b. 1939; and PEDERSEN, CHARLES J., U.S.A., Du Pont, Wilmington, DE, b. 1904 (in Fusan, Korea, as a Norwegian citizen), d. 1989: "for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity" Literature BRODSKY, JOSEPH, U.S.A., b. 1940 (in Leningrad, USSR) d. 1996: "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity" Peace SANCHEZ, OSCAR ARIAS, Costa Rica, b. 1941: President of Costa Rica, initiator of peace negotiations in Central America. Physiology or Medicine TONEGAWA, SUSUMU, Japan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., b. 1939: "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity" Physics The prize was awarded jointly to: BEDNORZ, J. GEORG, Federal Republic of Germany, IBM Research Laboratory, Ruschlikon, Switzerland, b. 1950; and MULLER, KARL ALEXANDER, Switzerland, IBM Research Laboratory, Ruschlikon, Switzerland, b. 1927: "for their important breakthrough in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials" Pulitzer Prizes Drama: August Wilson ... "Fences" Fiction: Peter Taylor ... "A Summons to Memphis" History: Bernard Bailyn ... "Voyagers to the West" International Reporting: Michael Parks ... "Los Angeles Times" National Reporting (2): Staff ... "Miami Herald", Staff ... "New York Times" Public Service: "Pittsburgh Press" Tony Awards Best Play: "Fences" ... August Wilson Best Musical: "Les Miserables" Best Actor in a play: James Earl Jones ... "Fences" Best Actress in a play: Linda Lavin ... "Broadway Bound" Best Actor in a musical: Robert Lindsay ... "Me and My Girl" Best Actress in a musical: Maryann Plunkett ... "Me and My Girl" The above categories I know nothing about. Academy Awards Best Picture: "The Last Emperor" Best Director: Bernardo Bertolucci ... "The Last Emperor" Best Actor: Michael Douglas ... "Wall Street" Best Actress: Cher ... "Moonstruck" The Last Emperor really is a great movie. The acting awards pretty decent though I can't remember who they were up against. Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Graceland" ... Paul Simon Song of the Year: "Somewhere Out There" ... James Horner & Barry Mann Best Album: "The Joshua Tree" ... U2 Male Vocalist: Sting ... "Bring on the Night" Female Vocalist: Whitney Houston ... "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)" Somewhere Out There was song of the pure(gag) But massive kudos to the Joshua Tree winning. One of the ten best albums ever.
Originally Posted By MissCandice Major Events of 1983 US deploys Pershing Missiles; USSR backs out of talks Korean airliner shot down Northern Chad seized by Libyans and Rebels US peacekeepers killed in Lebanon US invades Grenada I don't remember any of these events, 1983 was the year we moved back down to San Diego from Washington. We moved to a huge apartment complex filled with kids my age so I was out playing a lot. Popular Music of 1983 1. "Down Under" ... Men at Work 2. "Africa" ... Toto 3. "Baby, Come to Me" ... Patti Austin & James Ingram 4. "Billie Jean" ... Michael Jackson 5. "Come on Eileen" ... Dexys Midnight Runners 6. "Beat It" ... Michael Jackson 7. "Let's Dance" ... David Bowie 8. "Flashdance...What a Feeling" ... Irene Cara 9. "Every Breath You Take" ... The Police 10. "Sweet Dreams" ... Eurythmics Hmmm, you couldn't get away from M. Jackson or the Police but we were listening to Def Leppard and the Go-gos (odd combination, I realize) all the time. Popular Movies 1. Best Friends 2. The Big Chill 3. Blue Thunder 4. The Dark Crystal 5. 48 Hours 6. Flashdance 7. Gandhi 8. High Road To China 9. Jaws 3-D 10. Mr. Mom I remember seeing The Dark Crystal and High Road to China in the theater, besides those the only other ones from the list I have seen are Mr Mom and The Big Chill. Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "The Return of the Jedi Storybook" by Joan Vinge 2. "Poland" by James Michener 3. "Pet Sematary" by Stephen King 4. "The Little Drummer Girl" by John le Carre 5. "Christine" by Stephen King Nonfiction 1. "In Search of Excellence" by Tom Peters 2. "Megatrends" by John Naisbitt 3. "Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession" by Emna Bombeck 4. "The One-Minute Manager" by Kenneth Blanchard 5. "Jane Fonda's Workout Book" by Jane Fonda Most Popular Television Shows 1. Dallas (CBS) 2. 60 Minutes (CBS) 3. Dynasty (ABC) 4. The A-Team (NBC) 5. Simon & Simon (CBS) 6. Magnum, P.I. (CBS) 7. Falcon Crest (CBS) 8. Kate & Allie (CBS) 9. Hotel (ABC) 10. Cagney & Lacey (CBS) Academy Awards Best Picture: "Terms of Endearment" Best Director:James L. Brooks ... "Terms of Endearment" Best Actor: Ben Kingsley ... Robert Duvall ... "Tender Mercies" Best Actress:Shirley MacLaine ... "Terms of Endearment" Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Beat it" ... Michael Jackson Song of the Year: "Every Breath You Take" ... Sting Best Album: "Thriller" ... Michael Jackson Male Vocalist: Michael Jackson ... "Thriller" Female Vocalist: Melissa Manchester... Irene Cara ... "Flashdance ... What a Feeling" I didn't watch any of those TV shows. As for books, at the time I was really into the Choose Your Own Adventure and the Madeleine L'Engle books. At 13 was a shy, mousy girl.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Major Events of 1996 Taliban capture Afghanistan Nigerian unrest Suicide bombers hit Israel TWA Flight 800 explodes * Nothing quite so dramatic in my personal life, but the major event of 1996 for me was that I got sick with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - lasted until 98. Fun stuff! Also, this was the year I started high school. I think that's a bit different in the US. (The year you start high school, not high school itself, although I'm sure that's a bit different too!) I skipped sports because it's not really my 'thing'. Music & the Grammy's Best Record: "Change the World" ... Eric Clapton Best Song: "Change the World" ... Gordon Kennedy Best Album: "Falling Into You" ... Celine Dion Male Vocalist: Eric Clapton ... "Change the World" Female Vocalist: Toni Braxton ... "Un-break My Heart" 1."Because You Loved Me" ... Celine Dion 2."Always Be My Baby" ... Mariah Carey 3."The Crossroads" ... Bone Thugs-N-Harmony 4."How Do U Want It/California Love" ... 2Pac w/KC & JoJo & w/Dr.Dre & Roger Troutman 5."You're Makin' Me High/Let it Flow" ... Toni Braxton 6."Macarena" .... Los Del Rio 7."No Diggity" .... BLACK Street w/Dr.Dre 8."Un-Break My Heart" ... Toni Braxton * Not personally a fan of any of these - I'm much more of an '80s music girl than '90s (although the Macarena gets danced to at every family wedding or event). But importantly for me, 13 was the age when I first got interested in my (still) favourite band, Eurythmics! Movies & Academy Awards Best Picture: "The English Patient" Best Director: Anthony Minghella ... "The English Patient" Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush ... "Shine" Best Actress: Frances McDormand ... "Fargo" 1. Independence Day 2. Twister 3. Mission: Impossible 4. The Rock 5. Ransom 6. The Nutty Professor 7. The Birdcage 8. 101 Dalmatians 9. A Time to Kill 10. First Wives ClubT * I loved 101 Dalmatians when I was 13. I had no idea who Glenn Close was before this movie, now I think she's great. I also really, really wanted to see Ransom but it was 15+ so I couldn't get in. I don't think I ever did see it, even on video. Most Popular Books Fiction 1."The Celestine Prophecy" ... James Redfield 2."Primary Colors" ... Anonymous 3."The Horse Whisper" ... Nicholas Evans 4."The Tenth Insight" ... James Redfield 5."The Runaway Jury" ... John Grisham 6."How Stella Got Her Groove Back" ... Terry McMillian 7."Executive Orders" ... Tom Clancy 8."Absolute Power" ... David Balducci 9."Moonlight Becomes You" ... Mary Higgens Clark 10."Gods and Generals" ... Jeff Sharra * Haven't read any of these. 13 was the year I started reading the "Tomorrow, When the War Began" series (Australian). Actually 13 was an awkward reading year for me - I was growing out of the book series I'd been reading but found a lot of more 'adult' books boring! •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nonfiction 1."Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus" ... John Gray 2."The Zone" ... Barry Sears with Bill Lawren 3."The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" ... Deppak Choopra 4."Simple Abundance" ... Sarah Ban Breathnack 5."Emotional Intelligence" ... Daniel Goleman 6."Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" ... John Berendt 7."Undaunted Courage" ... Stephen E. Ambrose 8."The Dilbert Principle" ... Scott Adams 9."Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" ... Al Frank 10."In Contempt" ... Christopher A. Daren with Jess Walter Most Popular Television Shows 1. Seinfeld (NBC) 2. ER (NBC) 3. Home Improvement (ABC) 4. Grace Under Fire (ABC) 5. Monday Night Football (ABC) 6. 60 Minutes (CBS) 7. N.Y.P.D. Blue (ABC) 8. Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 9. Friends (NBC) 10. Roseanne (ABC) * Loved Seinfeld and ER. I think the year I was 13 was the only year I actually watched Friends. Academy Awards Best Picture: "The English Patient" Best Director: Anthony Minghella ... "The English Patient" Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush ... "Shine" Best Actress: Susan Sarandon ... Frances McDormand ... "Fargo" Grammy Awards Record of the Year:"Change the World" ... Eric Clapton Best Song:"Change the World" ... Gordon Kennedy Best Album: "Falling Into You" ... Celine Dion Male Vocalist:Eric Clapton ... "Change the World" Female Vocalist: Toni Braxton ... "Un-break My Heart"'" * I don't think I've ever watched the Grammy awards, but I thught I should throw them in. And that's me!
Originally Posted By Daannzzz 1969 Holy Smoke. The parts that are most memorable for me are the movies and songs. Top Songs of 1969 1."Crimson and Clover" ... Tommy Jones & the Shoulders 2."Everday People" ... Sly and the Family Stone 3."Dizzy" ... Tommy Roe 4."Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" ... The Fifth Dimension 5."Get Back" ... The Beatles and Billy Preston 6."Love Theme From 'Romeo & Juliet'" ... Henry Mancini 7."In the Year 2525" ... Zager and Evans 8."Honky Tonk Women" ... The Rolling Stones 9."Sugar, Sugar" ... The Archies 10."I Can't Get Next to You" ... The Temptations Top Movies of 1969 1. The Love Bug 2. Funny Girl 3. Bullet 4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 5. Romeo and Juliet 6. True Grit 7. Midnight Cowboy 8. Oliver! 9. Goodbye Columbus 10. Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang! Academy Awards Best Picture: "Midnight Cowboy" Best Director: John Schlesinger ... "Midnight Cowboy" Best Actor: John Wayne ... "True Grit" Best Actress: Maggie Smith ... "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" Grammy Awards Record of the Year: " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" ... The 5th Dimension Song of the Year: "Games People Play" ... Joe South Best Album: "Blood, Sweat and Tears" ... Blood, Sweat and Tears Male Vocalist: Harry Nilsson ... "Everybody's Talkin" Female Vocalist: Peggy Lee ... "Is That All There Is" Nobel Prizes Chemistry The prize was divided equally between: BARTON, Sir DEREK H. R., Great Britain, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, b. 1918, d. 1998; and HASSEL, ODD, Norway, Kjemisk Institutt, Oslo University, Oslo, b. 1897, d. 1981: "for their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry" Literature BECKETT, SAMUEL, Ireland, b. 1906, d. 1989: "for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation" Peace INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (I.L.O.), Geneva. Physiology or Medicine The prize was awarded jointly to: DELBRUCK, MAX, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1906, (in Berlin, Germany), d. 1981; HERSHEY, ALFRED D., U.S.A., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Long Island, New York, NY, b. 1908, d. 1997; and LURIA, SALVADOR E., U.S.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, b. 1912, (in Torino, Italy), d. 1991: "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses" Physics GELL-MANN, MURRAY, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1929: "for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions" Pulitzer Prizes Drama: Howard Sackler ... "The Great White Hope" Fiction: N. Scott Momaday ... "House Made of Dawn" History: Leonard W. Levy ... "Origins of the Fifth Amendment" International Reporting: William Tuohy ... "Los Angeles Times" National Reporting: Robert Cahn ... "Christian Science Monitor" Public Service: "Los Angeles Times" Tony Awards Best Play: "The Great White Hope" ... Howard Sackler Best Musical: "1776" Best Actor in a play: James Earl Jones ... "The Great White Hope" Best Actress in a play: Julie Harris ... "Forty Carats" Best Actor in a musical: Jerry Orbach ... "Promises, Promises" Bets Actress in a musical: Angela Lansbury ... "Dear World" Most Popular Books Fiction 1."Portnoy's Complaint" ... Philip Roth. Random House 2."The Godfather" ... Mario Puzo. Putnam 3."The Love Machine" ... Jacqueline Susann. Simon & Schuster 4."The Inheritors" ... Harold Robbins. Trident Press 5."The Andromeda Strain" ... Michael Crichton. Knopf 6."The Seven Minutes" ... Irving Wallace. Simon & Schuster 7."Naked Came the Stranger" ... Penelope Ashe. Lyle Stuart 8."The Promise" ... Chaim Potok. Knopf 9."The Pretenders" ... Gwen Davis. World Publishing Co. 10."The House on the Strand" ... Daphne du Maurier. Doubleday •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nonfiction 1."American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language" ... Editor-in-chief William Morris. Houghton Mifflin 2."In Someone's Shadow" ... Rod McKuen. Random House 3."The Peter Principle" ... Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hall. Morrow 4."Between Parent and Teenager" ... Dr. Haim G. Ginott. Macmillan 5."The Graham Kerr Cookbook" ... The Galloping Gourmet. Doubleday 6."The Selling of the President, 1968" ... Joe McGinniss. Trident Press 7."Miss Craig's 21-Day Shape-Up Program for Men and Women" ... Marjorie Craig. Random House 8."My Life and Prophecies" ... Jeane Dixon with Rene Noorbergen. Morrow 9."Linda Goodman's Sun Signs" ... Linda Goodman. Taplinger 10."Twelve Years of Christmas" ... Rod McKuen. Random House Most Popular Television Shows 1. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (NBC) 2. Gunsmoke (CBS) 3. Bonanza (NBC) 4. Mayberry R.F.D. (CBS) 5. Family Affair (CBS) 6. Here's Lucy (CBS) 7. The Red Skelton Hour (CBS) 8. Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC) 9. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (NBC) 10.The Doris Day Show (CBS)
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy It's gonna take me a while to get used to Liberty Belle's age...I was way off base, lol.
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle lol TDG ... how old do I seem? Between you and Avro I'm curious now!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy LOL, well I first got hit with the truth a day or two ago in another thread somewhere and I was like "What?? She's *that* young?! :-o" lol And I remember you bein' my Secret Pal and all...all this time I thought you were a grown-up lady in her 30s! LOL! So it's gonna take a little adjustment knowing you're 5 years younger than me! ;-P
Originally Posted By avromark Major Events of 1992 * War begins in former Yugoslavia # Security Council passes sanctions on Libya # El Salvador signs peace agreement with Guerillas Sports 1992 Olympics NBA: Chicago Bulls vs. Portland Trailblazers Series: 4-2 NCAA Football: Alabama Record: 13-0-0 Heisman Trophy: Gino Torretta, miami-fl, QB points: 1400 *****Stanley Cup: Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago Blackhawks Series: 4-0**** Mario where were you eh? Super Bowl XXVI: Washington Redskins vs. Buffalo Bills Score: 37-24 _ I did NOT watch this. US Open Golf: Tom Kite Score: 285 Course: Pebble Beach GL Location: Pebble Beach, CA *****World Series: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Atlanta Braves Series: 4-2**** Popular Music 1."All 4 Love" ... Color Me Badd 2."Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" ... George Michael & Elton John 3."I'm Too Sexy" ... Right Said Fred <-- The Party Classic 4."To Be With You" ... Mr. Big 5."Save the Best for Last" ... Vanessa Williams 6."Jump" ... Kris Cross <-- Heh, I used to love this song, what was wrong with me. 7."I'll Be There" ... Mariah Carey 8."Baby Got Back" ... Sir Mix-A-Lot <--- Another song I loved then, Anaconda anyone? 9."This Used to Be My Playground" ... Madonna 10."End Road" ... Boyz II Men Popular Movies 1. Home Alone 2 (ugh, even then ugh) 2. Batman Returns (Loved this one) 3. Lethal Weapon 3 (Watched this one) 4. Sister Act (Liked this one) 5. Aladdin (Have this in my collection) 6. Wayne's World (Hey he's from my granny's town) 7. A League of Their Own 8. Basic Instinct 9. The Bodyguard 10. A Few Good Men Most Popular Books Fiction 1."Dolores Claiborne" ... Stephen King 2."The Pelican Brief" ... John Grisham <--- this one is in my home office 3."Gerald's Game" ... Stephen King 4."Mixed Blessings" ... Danielle Steel 5."Jewels" ... Danielle Steel 6."The Stars Shine Down" ... Sidney Sheldon 7."Tale of the Body Thief" ... Anne Rice <---- this one is on my nightstand right now 8."Mexico" ... James A. Michener 9."Waiting to Exhale" ... Terry McMillan 10."All Around the Town" ... Mary Higgins Clark •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Nonfiction 1."The Way Things Ought to Be" ... Rush Limbaugh 2."It Doesn't Take a Hero" ... H. Norman Schwarzkopf 3."How to Satisfy a Woman Every Time" ... Naura Hayden 4."Every Living Thing" ... James Harriot 5."A Return to Love" ... Marianne Williamson 6."Sam Walton" ... Sam Walton 7."Diana" ... Andrew Morton 8."Truman" ... David McCullough 9."Silent Passage" ... Gail Sheehy 10."Sex" ... Madonna Most Popular Television Shows 1. 60 Minutes (CBS) 2. Roseanne (ABC) 3. Home Improvement (ABC) MORE POWER! 4. Murphy Brown (CBS) 5. Murder, She Wrote (CBS) <- Have this on DVD, well the first few seasons 6. Coach (ABC) 7. Monday Night Football (ABC) <- Ugh 8. CBS Sunday Movie (CBS) 9. Cheers (NBC) <- Who doesn't know the lyrics to this opening theme song? In High School this was the song they played to welcome us minor niners (the next year) 10. Full House (ABC) <- was cute then, now I'm not so sure Chemistry A Canadien I never knew heh, MARCUS, RUDOLPH A., U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasdena, CA, b. 1923 (in Montreal, Canada): "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems" •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Literature WALCOTT, DEREK, Saint Lucia, b. 1930: "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment" •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Peace TUM, RIGOBERTA MENCHU, Guatemala. Campaigner for human rights, especially for indigenous peoples. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• PHYSIOLOGY or MEDICINE The prize was awarded jointly to: FISCHER, EDMOND H., U.S.A., University of Washington, Seattle WA, b. 1920 (in Shanghai, China); and KREBS, EDWIN G., U.S.A., University of Washington, Seattle WA, b. 1918: "for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism" •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Physics CHARPAK, GEORGES, France, Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie, Paris and CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, b. 1924 ( in Poland): "for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber" Academy Awards Best Picture: "Unforgiven" Best Director:Clint Eastwood ... "Unforgiven" Best Actor:Al Pacino ... "Scent of a Woman" Best Actress: Emma Thompson ... "Howards End" Record of the Year: Song of the Year: Album of the Year: Male Vocalist: Female Vocalist: "Tears in Heaven" ... Eric Clapton "Tears in Heaven" ... Eric Clapton "Unplugged" ... Eric Clapton Eric Clapton ... "Tears in Heaven" K.D. Lang ... "Constant Craving" Tony Awards Best Play: "Dancing at Lughnasa" ... Brian Friel Best Musical: "Crazy for You" Best Actor in a play:Judd Hirsch ... "Conversations with My Father" Best Actress in a play:Glenn Close ... "Death and the Maiden" Best Actor in a musical:Gregory Hines ... "Jelly’s Last Jam" Best Actress in a musical:Faith Prince ... "Guys and Dolls" Pulitzer Prize Drama: Fiction: History: International Reporting: National Reporting: Public Service: Robert Schenkkan ... "The Kentucky Cycle" Jane Smiley ... "A Thousand Acres" Mark E. Neely, Jr. ... "The Fate of Liberty" Patrick J. Sloyan ... "New York Newsday" Anderson, Bill Dietrich, Mary Ann Gwinn & Eric Nalder Jeff Taylor & Mike McGraw ... "Kansas City Star" "Sacramento Bee" And T was born, and he won't let us forget that.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 <<<<Ah the age of thirteen. So much was happening to each of us during that time period. Click on the year you were 13. You can cut and paste the facts if you want but I'm really looking for your stories about what was happening to YOU and the world around you during that time period. Anything and everything from your favorite songs at that time, what books you were into, your biggest crush, etc. Please tell us something, JUST DON'T CUT AND PASTE THE FACTS OF THAT YEAR.>>>> Again, I ask that people contribute to the information, otherwise 10 posts about 1969 is going to get boring real quick. Thannnnnkkkkk yooooouuuuu!
Originally Posted By Lisann22 If you contributed, no need to worry or comment, right? ;> It's just a friendly reminder as some LP'ers don't start at the beginning.
Originally Posted By melekalikimaka Minor (haha) Events of 1984 Hit Songs of 1984 1. "Owner of a Lonely Heart" ... Yes 2. "Karma Chamelon" ... Culture Club 3. "Jump" ... Van Halen 4. "Footloose" ... Kenny Loggins 5. "Against All Odds" ... Phil Collins 6. "Hello" ... Lionel Richie 7. " Let's Hear It For the Boy" ... Deniece Williams 8. "Time After Time" ... Cindy Lauper 9. "The Reflex" ... Duran Duran 10. "When Doves Cry" ... Prince *****I discovered Duran Duran and was pretty obsessed with them for YEARS. Top Ten Movies 1. Beverly Hills Cop 2. Footloose 3. Ghostbusters 4. Gremlins 5. Greystoke 6. The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes 7. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom 8. The Karate Kid 9. The Natural 10. Police Academy *****I only saw Footloose and Gremlins in the theater. My best friend, Shantra, went to the movies on Easter weekend to see Footloose with us. We thought the nekkid locker room scene was hilarious. The only reason I saw Gremlins in the theater was because I was visiting my dad and my step-mom allowed me to go to the movies with my step-brother. (The first time she let us go to the movies was when we saw Star Wars years earlier.) Most Popular Books Fiction 1. "The Talisman" by Stephen King 2. "The Aquitaine Progression" by Robert Ludlum 3. "The Sicilian" by Mario Puzo 4. "Love and War" by John Jakes 5. "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss *****I've read The Talisman a few times. I tried to read The Sicilian but I couldn't get into it. Nonfiction 1. "Iacocca: An Autobiography" by Lee Iacocca 2. "Loving Each Other" by Leo Buscaglia 3. "Eat to Win" by Robert Haas, M. D. 4. "Pieces of My Mind" by Andrew Rooney 5. "Weight Watchers' Fast and Fabulous Cookbook" *****I haven't read any of these books. LOL Most Popular Television Shows 1. Dynasty (ABC) 2. Dallas (CBS)*****We watched this. 3. The Cosby Show (NBC)*****Who didn't watch this? I still do. 4. 60 Minutes (CBS) 5. Family Ties (NBC)*****My husband called me from work the other day. He and his co-worker's couldn't remember the theme song. Pathetically, I did. 6. The A-Team (NBC) 7. Simon & Simon (CBS)*****I kinda thought the blonde guy was hot, okay? 8. Murder, She Wrote (CBS)*****Unfortunately, we did watch this. Why didn't people flee from Jessica's presence? If that woman was near you...chances are, you'd be dead or accused of murder. 9. Knots Landing (CBS) 10. Falcon Crest (CBS)*****Watched this too. Academy Awards Best Picture: "Amadeus"*****I loved this movie Best Director:Milos Forman ... "Amadeus" Best Actor:F. Murray Abraham ... "Amadeus" Best Actress:Sally Field ... "Places in the Heart" Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "What's Love Got To Do With It?" ... Tina Turner Song of the Year: "What's Love Got To Do With It?" ...Graham Lyle, Terry Britten Best Album: "Can't Slow Down" ... Lionel Richie Male Vocalist: Phil Collins ... "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)" Female Vocalist:Tina Turner ... "What's Love Got To Do With It?" *****I didn't really love Tina Turner until after I saw the movie based on her life. She's got great legs!
